Beyond the Smiling and the Weeping
Authors: Horatius Bonar • Composers: George C. Stebbins • Meter: 9.8.9.9.8. with refrain • Language: English • Formats: lyrics, png • Copyright: Free PNG, Public Domain • Years: 1880
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1. Beyond the smiling and the weeping,
I shall be soon, I shall be soon;
Beyond the waking and the sleeping,
Beyond the sowing and the reaping,
I shall be soon, I shall be soon.
Refrain:
Love, rest and home!
Sweet, sweet home!
Lord, tarry not,
Lord tarry not, but come.
2. Beyond the blooming and the fading,
I shall be soon, I shall be soon;
Beyond the shining and the shading,
Beyond the hoping and the dreading,
I shall be soon, I shall be soon.
3. Beyond the parting and the meeting,
I shall be soon, I shall be soon;
Beyond the farewell and the greeting,
Beyond the pulse’s fever beating,
I shall be soon, I shall be soon.
4. Beyond the frost-chain and the fever,
I shall be soon, I shall be soon;
Beyond the rock-waste and the river,
Beyond the ever and the never,
I shall be soon, I shall be soon.